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⚡ Today's top story dives into the new report on Commure’s quid pro quo referral system. Turns out it’s a lot easier to be a happy customer when you’re getting paid to be one.
⚙️ More big news in DHW #485:
- @khealth nabbed its tenth health system partnership, this time with @AtlanticHealth .
- @OracleHealth's AI-powered patient portal is now available in the U.S.
- @FlaglerHealth reeled in $50M in Series B funding.
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A new paper in @nejmcatalyst makes the case that AI might finally bend the cost curve in healthcare, just not in the direction patients were hoping for.
⚡ Today's top story zooms in on how AI will affect healthcare spending. TLDR: It may not cut costs just yet.
⚙️ More big news in DHW #484:
- @AbridgeHQ hot streak continues with the launch of its Care Signals capability.
- Included Health acquired @CareByFirefly as the demand for alternative plan designs continues.
- A new @MedicomTech study breaks down the consequences of inconsistent data descriptions across hospitals.
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Anxiety, obesity, diabetes — there’s apps for all that and more. But which risk factors and outcomes actually respond to smartphone-based interventions? A new paper in @LancetDigitalH separates helpful software from homescreen clutter.
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⚡ Today's top story looks at which health apps actually work. A new paper in @LancetDigitalH separate helpful software from homescreen clutter.
⚙️ More big news:
- @HingeHealth just bought up @CylinderHealth for $105M cash.
- Healthcare app builder @BlazeNoCode is up to $8.5M in pre-seed funding.
- @CBinsights says Q2 brought just 228 digital health deals, the slowest quarter in more than a decade.
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Epic’s empire has reached, well, epic proportions. The software goliath’s grip on health systems gets tighter by the day, but a new report from startup studio Redesign Health doesn’t count out David just yet. Pencils up, founders.
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Summer may be cooling down, but DHW is only heating up. DHW #482 is out now, with news on…
⚡ Today's top story takes a look at @HeyEpic's dominance in healthcare software... and how competitors can still land deals.
⚙️ More big news:
- Mental health app @FlourishScience and therapy program @BirchesHealth both showed up with some big data to prove their efficacy.
- Could having a camera in your toilet be the next big thing in health? @ThroneScience thinks so and just got $10M to make it happen.
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Venrock’s 10th annual survey of healthcare insiders reveals they’re a pessimistic bunch lately, harboring cynicism about recent policy developments and the future of health tech IPOs, though views on AI were more of a mixed bag.
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Issue #481 of DHW is hot off the press!
⚡ Today’s top story takes a look at some (hopefully) pessimistic predictions on the future of healthcare from @Venrock 's 10th annual survey. AI appeared to be a silver lining for some, but Medicaid cuts and more cast a dark shadow.
⚙️ More big news:
- The FTC is suing Hims & Hers over data-sharing concerns.
- @kliniccare raked in a $24M Series A round to level the playing field for independent providers.
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Telecommunications company @intelepeerpartn thinks it’s in the right place at the right time to capitalize on rising interest in agentic healthcare AI with the launch of sister company Aqurio.
Happy Monday! We’re ringing in the week with Issue #480 of DHW.
⚡ Today’s top story inspects IntelePeer’s newest endeavor: Aqurio, an AI-focused sister company. IntelePeer's experience may be just enough to place Aqurio on steady ground in an already packed market.
⚙️ More big news:
- The peptide party is in full swing after the FDA’s compounding committee gave their thumbs up.
- @candid_health's recent $120M Series D tripled its Series C valuation.
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The World Cup may be over, but a new matchup has been brewing: CMS vs. RPM.
Third-party remote patient monitoring vendors were caught offside in the CY 2027 MPFS proposed rule, which bars reimbursement for RPM services unless they’re performed by clinical staff that’s employed by the practice doing the billing.
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⚡ Today’s top story takes a deeper look at CMS’s proposed rule to limit third-party remote patient monitoring, which could eliminate the bad actors at the expense of the good ones – and their patients.
⚙️ More big news:
- UnitedHealth Group bought out brick-and-mortar clinics, then quietly shuttered many of them while leaning into its virtual mental health businesses.
- @EliLillyandCo invested in @ouraring — for how much? TBD.
- @TytoCare nabbed $25M of growth funding to expand its “AI-first clinical enablement platform.”
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Whether you’re celebrating Spain’s win or lamenting a busted bracket, here’s some good news: DHW Issue #478 is out now!
⚡ Today’s top story takes a look at how @joinBunkerhill scored $25M of Series B funding, and how that capital will power their AI agents to do everything from admin to cardiac imaging review for more health systems.
⚙️ More big news:
- CMS takes aim at remote patient monitoring vendors in a proposed rule.
- @BrookHealth's new partnership will see their agentic AI remote care platform deployed across SRHO member health systems.
- Spotify founder @eldsjal's full-body scan startup @Neko scored a $700M Series C.
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Happy Thursday and happy launch day to DHW #477…
⚡ Today’s top story takes a look at Rock Health’s new H1 digital health funding report. Some highlights? Mega-rounds, mental health, and M&A.
⚙️ More big news:
-@Withings wades into care delivery with the launch of Withings Medical
-@tryheidi Pressure Points report presents the data on how clinicians use AI
-@hellohandspring nabbed $19M of Series B funding to provide the “missing middle” of mental healthcare for kids
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New week, new DHW. Issue #476, with updates on…
⚡ Today’s top story peers into @PearlHealth_ $110M deal to continue building out value-based care. Pearl has built some pretty impressive momentum alongside a VBC enablement boom, with CMS holding steady on their outcomes-over-utilization campaign.
⚙️ More big news:
- More Telehealth capacity could mean more AI readiness
- @openevidence is evaluating the cited papers behind AI-generated answers
- How close is wearable tech’s integration into clinical practice?
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COVID-19 brought a huge change to the behavioral health landscape. The need for online platforms skyrocketed, and digital mental health raised $4.9B in 2021 alone.
But now the field is entering a new accountability era. High enrollment rates won’t cut it, the money is following measurement-based care. What does it take to match pace?
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Take a look at the newly minted DHW #474, with news on…
⚡ Today’s top story covers the changing landscape of behavioral health. Just getting high enrollment rates will no longer do the trick — measurement-based care is the new gold standard. Who is poised to keep up?
⚙️ More major updates:
- The quick way to get access to GLP1s? Just add wifi, per a new @Yale study.
- Queue’s $12.6M boost to power fully-automated pharmacies.
- Nearly a third of young adults don’t have a PCP – why?
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A new AI model may be able to see the future, no crystal balls needed. DT-transformer can predict a patient’s next diagnosis across nearly 900 diseases, answering not just the what but also the when. What’s more is it doesn’t need a polished dataset to produce accurate results, the model was trained on real-world EHR data.
What’s next for this trailblazing tech? Read more at the link below.
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DHW #474 is out now, with news on…
⚡ Today’s top story takes a look at a potential game-changer in the world of early diagnostics: DT-transformer, the model that can predict a patient’s next diagnosis across nearly 900 diseases.
⚙️ Plus...
- OpenEvidence’s new evidence challenges a recent study saying generalized LLMs eclipse healthcare-specific models
- Healthcare spending continues to skyrocket, climbing by 7.3% this past year
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